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Review:

Lin Heung Tea House is one of the oldest Hong Kong
style restaurants in Hong Kong. Like many traditional restaurants, they
serve dim sum only during the day, and main courses only during the night.
Lin Heung's food is traditional and delicious, especially their dim sum,
which makes the restaurant quite famous and popular among local people,
as there are not many restaurants that still provide traditional dim
sum nowadays.

Reservation is highly recommended (almost required)
for dinner time, unless one would like to wait forever. My favourite
dish at this place is their "Lin Heung Special Duck (House Style)" ($150),
which is called the "Babao Duck" in Chinese. Babao means "eight
treasures" in Chinese, referring to the eight different kinds of
ingredients stuffed into the duck, including glutinous rice (sticky rice),
beans, lotus seeds and salted egg yolks. The stuffed duck is first deep-fried
until its skin gets all crispy, after that it is stewed until the flavours
of the duck and the fillings combine together into a heavenly taste.
Nonetheless, although their Babao Duck is extremely luscious, and in
my opinion, the best in town, it could be very filling. So think carefully
before you order other dishes. Also, since each duck needs hours to be
prepared and cooked, it is required to call them at least a day before
to reserve a Babao duck. Feel free to order any other dishes as you wish,
they are all very delicious.

Despite its popularity and quality, it is not a good
idea for foreigners to go there for dim sum (breakfast and lunch), unless
you are ready to experience something totally different. First of all,
be ready to stand for half an hour behind the people that are eating
in order to wait for their seats, among many other people that are waiting
as well. Do not expect the waiters to lead you to your table from the
entrance, they do not do that. In fact, do be careful not to stand in
the waiters' way when they are working and moving in between tables.
Secondly, do not expect the waiters to clean the table for you. They
just sweep the bones and crumbs off the table, onto the floor, and wipe
your table with a wet cloth that is just a bit cleaner than the table.
Finally, as you have waited behind people for their seats, expect that
there would be people waiting behind you for your seats too. Now if all
that sounds fine to you, you are ready to experience one of Hong Kong's
most interesting food culture, and to taste some of the most authentic
and delicious dim sum on earth. I can ensure you that all their dim sum
are so unique and delicious that it wouldn't be easy to find their taste
anywhere else!

Ratings:

Service:

3/5

Taste:

5/5

Environment:

3/5

Cleanness:

3/5

Location:

4/5

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Notes:

* MTR is the major railway facility in Hong Kong. Information of MTR routes and fares is available in the MTR Offical Website. (opens in new window)
** Information of bus routes we suggested can be found on the KMB Official Website. (opens in new window)
*** All price are listed in Hong Kong Dollar.